The 1963–64 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams in 7 pools.
The four first teams of each pool and the best four placed 5th qualified for the last 32.
Pau won the championship after beating Béziers in the final.
It was the third time Pau had won the championship.
Qualification round
Teams in bold qualified for the next round
Pool 1 Cognac Lannemezan Limoges Marmande Mazamet SBUC Mont de Marsan Tulle Pool 2 Angoulême Auch Biarritz Castres Dax Figeac Graulhet Montauban Pool 3 Agen Dijon Foix (Foix) Lourdes Pau Saint-Girons Touloun Vienne Pool 4 Aurillac Brive Carmaux Grenoble Le Creusot Lyon OU Romans Vichy Pool 5 Béziers Narbonne Périgueux Perpignan Paris Université Club Saint-Sever Stadoceste Tyrosse Pool 6 Bayonne Bègles Cahors La Voulte Saint-Claude Saint Junien La Rochelle Toulouse Pool 7 Albi Chalon Chambéry Stade Langonnais Montferrand Racing Toulouse Olympique EC Valence
"Last 32"
Teams in bold qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 Results Pau Brive 9-6 Chalon Mazamet 3-0 Bayonne Montauban 8-6 Racing Castres 5-0 Narbonne Grenoble 11-3 Mont de Marsan Lannemezan 5-0 Montferrand La Voulte 5-3 Cognac Toulon 3-0 Béziers Saint-Sever 17-6 Aurillac Valence 9-6 Dax La Rochelle14-0 Graulhet Bègles 11-9 Stadoceste Vienne 11-0 Tulle Romans 6-0 Agen Angoulême 8-6 Lourdes Cahors 13-5
Brive, the best placed team in the qualification round, was eliminated by Pau, the worst placed team to become the French Champions.
"Last 16"
Teams in bold qualified for the quarterfinals
Team 1 Team 2 Results Pau Chalon 3-0 Bayonne Racing 3-3 Narbonne Mont de Marsan 13-6 Montferrand Cognac 16-6 Béziers Aurillac 17-6 Dax Graulhet 5-0 Stadoceste Tulle 12-6 Agen Lourdes 19-8
Quarterfinals
Teams in bold qualified for the semifinals
Team 1 Team 2 Results Pau Bayonne 11-6 Narbonne Montferrand11-0 Béziers Dax 8-3 Stadoceste Agen 6-0
Semifinals Team 1 Team 2 Results Pau Narbonne 8-3 Béziers Stadoceste 3-0
Final Teams Pau - Béziers Score 14 - 0 Date 24 May 1964 Venue Stadium Municipal, ToulouseReferee Robert Calmet Line-up Pau Eugène Ruiz, André Abadie, Marc Etcheverry, Jean-Baptiste Doumecq, Jean-Pierre Saux, Bernard Vignette, Henri Cazabat, François Moncla, Jacques Dulucq, Jean Capdouze, Jacques Clavé, Jean Piqué, Christian Rouch, Roger Lhande, Robert Toyos BéziersPaul Ribot, Emile Bolzan, Claude Malet, Claude Vidal, Louis Gagnière, Gérard Bonneric, Roger Gensane, Jean Salas, Pierre Danos, Michel Bernatas, Roger Bousquet, Jean Barrière, Jacques Fratangelle, Clément Grau, Paul Dedieu Scorers Pau 2 tries and 1 drop Capdouze, 1 conversion and 1 penalty Toyos Béziers
Reference
External links Compte rendu finale de 1964 lnr.fr Finale 1964 finalesrugby.com